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Using 3D-printed replicas of 200-million-year-old mammal teeth and polymers that mimic insect prey, scientists at UMass Amherst this week provide the first laboratory-tested evidence that the ability for teeth to damage prey is a more significant factor driving evolutionary changes in tooth shape than either bite force or the animal’s energy expenditure.

Stockbridge School of Agriculture professor Baoshan Xing is being recognized as a UMass Amherst Spotlight Scholar.
When asked to describe his work in a nutshell, Xing sums it up succinctly: clean soil for safe food.
An expert in analyzing the chemical behaviors of soil and soil contaminants, Xing...

Özden Melis Uluğ, a post-doctoral researcher in the Psychology of Peace and Violence Program, will deliver a talk titled “Solidarity is the kindness between peoples: An exploration of solidarity experiences among activists and academics for peace in Turkey” on Thursday, Nov. 17 at...

Gisele Litalien, an administrator with 20 years of experience leading, developing and supporting nonprofit organizations that work with youth and families, has been named associate director of the Center for Research on Families (CRF).
She will oversee CRF’s daily operations, working closely...

To support research on new instructional innovations and learning space design, UMass Amherst has launched its first experimental classroom, a new collaboration between the Instructional Innovation group, the Institute for Teaching Excellence and Faculty Development (TEFD), and Herman Miller, the...

Lelia Kawar, assistant professor of political science and legal studies, will speak on “Legal Activism and Deportation Resistance: Comparative and Historical Perspectives” on Wednesday, Nov. 16 from 4-6 p.m. in 423 Tobin Hall. The talk is part of the Resistance Studies Initiative Fall Speaker Series.

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Topic: Expert analysis of the political, economic and judicial impacts of the 2016 elections
Available: All experts are available via phone or email at your convenience; also available at various times for TV segments from on-campus VideoLink ReadyCam studio in Amherst, Mass...

Susan K. Whitbourne, professor of psychological and brain sciences and director of the Office of National Scholarship Advisement, spoke at an Oct. 28 reception hosted by the Massachusetts Chapter of the Fulbright Association in honor of the Fulbright program’s 70th anniversary.
Whitbourne...

Neurobiologist Eric Bittman, biology, has received a two-year, $420,000 exploratory grant from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke to study how the master clock in the brain talks to other neurons and how it controls a variety of organs including the heart, lung and liver....